Leicester sorely missed Danny Drinkwater and his absence in the Foxes next two games against Sunderland and Manchester City could be costly, following last week’s daft red card at Watford.

You have to hand it to Boro fans. They travelled in force to fill their corner of the King Power and let the Leicester fans know they were there, telling their Champions League-chasing hosts: “You’re going down with the Mackems!”

Stand-in Foxes stopper Ron-Robert Zieler has to buck up his ideas with the ball at his feet – fast! His edginess rubbed off on those around him early on.

Robert Huth was left red-faced at Alvaro Negrado’s opener. Having played his pass, the big German decided to ball-watch and was static when Callum Chambers launched his clearance over him. Even when he was given a second bite, Huth but failed to track Negredo’s run into the box. Two black marks big fella!

Boro’s Adama Traore may be rawer than a French chef’s steak but he kept Christian Fuchs on his toes with his lightning pace and the Austrian was booked for hauling him back before half-time.

Incidentally, has anyone ever actually seen Christian Fuchs and Rory Delap together? The way Fuchs launches his throws down goalies’ throats makes you wonder of they aren’t one and the same

Shinji Okazaki was denied the goal of the month award for November by the width of the crossbar! Mahrez showed sublime skills to beat Fabio and Clayton and when he crossed Okazaki prodced a stunning overhead kick which crashed off the crossbar with Valdes beaten.

Calum Chambers will NOT be sending Lee Mason a Christmas card! The Boro defender was clearly fouled by Wes Morgan for the Leicester’s penalty, causing his arm to go up and make contact with the ball. Mason and his assistants should have spotted the original offence.

Boro fans bigged up Victor Valdes by singing: “He’s won more than you,” to Leicester fans. Leicester fans might have cheekily pointed out he barely got his gloves dirty in the process behind THAT Barca team!

Jamie Vardy will mark Monday’s anniversary of his record-breaking run of scoring in 11 consecutive Premier League games, having gone 15 games now for Leicester without a goal.

However life is good for Alvaro Negredo who ended his own 11-game goal drought with a devastating double to plunge Leicester too close to the drop zone for comfort.